On Tuesday the UN announced that it was seeking an unprecedented influx of cash to facilitate aid operations in Syria and for Syrian refugees. More than 60 percent of the aid is to be spent on the burgeoning refugee camps of Syrian civilians in Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey. The refugees are currently suffering through harsh winter conditions and unprecedented sums are needed to support several million Syrians.That is where the non-lethal aid money goes.
The tragedy of the refugees is underscored by increasing failure of the Syrian rebels to make any gains against the regime.The rebels have been 100 percent successful, as they've established control over large areas of Syria, and even when the regime manages to regain control over some town here or there, it doesn't manage to retain it. The rebellion has face changes, but continues to exist.
Since the summer, and especially after Hezbollah fighters began to flow into Latakia in northwest Syria, the regime has scored impressive victories against the rebels and is increasingly inching forward in the battle for Aleppo.IOW, the regime hasn't scored *any* victories -- it has been defeated time and again, but is being propped up by foreign mercernaries. Thanks SJackson.
Ruh roh. Some how, some way:
Dark's fault..........